MOVING GHOSTS ongoing photo project by Melting Giraffe

April 17, 2020

Jacob Buchanan, Melting Giraffe

Jacob Buchanan is a photographer & multi-media artist. Operating under the pseudonym Melting Giraffe, he often deals in themes of dissociation, identity, and the suggestion of narrative.

/ / MOVING | | GHOSTS / / is an ongoing project that he started at the beginning of 2019 where he was collaborating with people to create portraits in locations important for them while wearing their favorite outfit.

He asked people to wear their favorite outfit is because clothes show where that person is at that period of their life, how they feel and have been feeling. The clothes express who they want to be and in turn, give them confidence. He is interested in sharing who people are and the connection that comes with that. The catch is that they have to hide their face. He asks that people cover their face because it kills the model / identity but allows for other parts of who they are to come out in the image.

Important locations come from the idea of boudoir. Boudoir comes from the french word bouder meaning: to sulk. Historically, sulking was seen as something one would do privately, and the term bouder came to encapsulate a room where one would go to withdraw and be quietly alone. A bouder was a place of intimacy and privacy, where one could express their true selves without fear of judgment or punishment.

Please look at the latest press releases relating to this project:

https://designcollector.net/likes/jacob-buchanan-moving-ghosts

https://weandthecolor.com/moving-ghosts-by-photographer-melting-giraffe/115273

Upcoming publications

Dodho https://www.dodho.com/ is expected to feature an article on / / MOVING | | GHOSTS / / by the end of April.
Feroce https://www.ferocemagazine.com/ is expected to publish images that the artist created during the lockdown for their upcoming May editorial
Art of Portrait https://artofportrait.ru/ is expected to print images from / / MOVING | | GHOSTS / / over the last year in their upcoming edition.

Future outlook of the project

Jacob in the midst of setting up virtual portrait editions to tackle the recent social distancing and he is working on networking and the artists around the world to join him in this endeavour.